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Hey all from Tucson. The weather is beautiful here. I get to enjoy it for the next 9 days then back to IN and work. Ugh…
Sunday Afternoon
Spring Forward! Or, Spring Forward?!? Enough already! Daylight Saving Time: Americans want to stay permanently ‘sprung forward’ and not ‘fall back’ Polled days before the annual ritual of ending Daylight Saving Time by changing their clocks, Americans say they would much rather have one time t...
Delurking to wish Jane a happy birthday. You share a bd with my retired LT.
Why The Russian Army Is Struggling
The Russians are still the likely victors but Mark Antonio Wright, NRO editor and Marine Corps Reserve officer explains some of their apparent problems.
Davod,
I didn’t see a response to your question on which movie the photo of The Duke swatting Maureen O’Hara was from. I’m 99.9% certain that is from McClintock.
You all behave.
I Believe It Is Chaos For Our Time
Joe Biden, self-styling as a seasoned foreign policy hand, steps in it and then wallows in it with comments and 'clarifications' on Putin and the Ukraine. The Times is clearly making a heroic effort to avoid panic: Biden Predicts Putin Will Order Ukraine Invasion, but ‘Will Regret Having Done It...
JiB,
I hope you get paroled soon. :)
We are off to Cancun tomorrow for my middle daughters wedding. I sure hope the forecast is accurate. I’m tired of the cold and biting winds around here.
Championship Saturday!
I'm rooting for Alabama Out and Michigan In. Seeing Cincy in the playoffs would be fine, too.
Matt,
So sorry for your loss.
Championship Saturday!
I'm rooting for Alabama Out and Michigan In. Seeing Cincy in the playoffs would be fine, too.
An AR15 is not a powerful weapon. KR did nothing wrong. Who gets to decide whether or not it was ok for him to be in Kenosha? Who decides if the rioters are allowed? DCSCA is either trolling or being purposefully obtuse.
Saturday Morning
Jonah Goldberg is irritated and alienated. Since you ask, yes, I can relate...
MM,
I’ve been very busy with work, finally purchasing a new building for our FOP, and Merit Board stuff for the Sheriff’s Dept. Plus I’ve not had much worth saying or hearing.
Away We Go
Grr: 'Effing Aaron Rodgers cost his team a game and may be costing people their lives. NFL COVID protocols strongly push towards vaccination, not whatever Rodgers homeopathic whirligig did to obtain "immunization": "Unvaccinated players who test positive must isolate at least 10 days, even if th...
Jane,
Agree.. kid should’ve never been charged. I’ve just been catching bits and pieces.
Away We Go
Grr: 'Effing Aaron Rodgers cost his team a game and may be costing people their lives. NFL COVID protocols strongly push towards vaccination, not whatever Rodgers homeopathic whirligig did to obtain "immunization": "Unvaccinated players who test positive must isolate at least 10 days, even if th...
The “malarkey” bar for criminal trials was set by the OJ fiasco.
Away We Go
Grr: 'Effing Aaron Rodgers cost his team a game and may be costing people their lives. NFL COVID protocols strongly push towards vaccination, not whatever Rodgers homeopathic whirligig did to obtain "immunization": "Unvaccinated players who test positive must isolate at least 10 days, even if th...
Nice pic, Jack.
All cloud and rain around here again today.
Back In The Wuhan Labs...
Per CNN, Team Biden is giving the lab leak a serious look, although no one is leaking stories of compelling new evidence: Washington (CNN)Senior Biden administration officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of the coronavirus now believe the theory that the virus accidentall...
Matt,
So sad to read that terrible news. Condolences…
Sporting Sunday
Lots to watch.
So sorry to hear about MT.
MM,
Behave yourself and get better.
Happy Father's Day All!
Away we go. Ross Douthat praises Biden for ignoring the crazies in his own party and dealing with Russia sensibly. Which he describes as Trump with better optics and a friendlier press. Do you remember four years of 'Trump is Putin's stooge"? Many do not! Now comes Biden, making moves in Russia...
CCGirl,
I don’t have bourbon, but I do have options that are very similar. I’ll give it a try.
On To The Next Crisis
Derek Chauvin was convicted so the left is moving on to the next crisis. What kind of country are we living in if a mere child of sixteen can't chase girls around with a knife and try to stab them? Body cam footage starts at 6:35. Slo-mo replay around 8:30.
MM,
The empty warehouse you drove by yesterday is probably an EPA superfund site that no one wants to deal with.
Anyone else experiencing new headaches after getting their vax (Pfizer for me)? Probably coincidence, but I’m on my 6th fantastic head buster in the last 3 weeks.
On To The Next Crisis
Derek Chauvin was convicted so the left is moving on to the next crisis. What kind of country are we living in if a mere child of sixteen can't chase girls around with a knife and try to stab them? Body cam footage starts at 6:35. Slo-mo replay around 8:30.
Jane,
I’m good, thanks. Just plodding along training my new chief. Less than 2 years and I’m walking away.
Barnes is wrong. Nothing at all complex about the evidence in the trial.
Getting Ready For The Weekend
Away we go again.
Ccgirl,
Next time the dolt wanders in chuck a ball peen hammer his direction.
This Gun Control Op-Ed In The Times Was Widely Ignored. Too Bad.
A week ago the NY Times gave space to Dan Gross, who "was the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence from 2012 to 2017 and is a co-founder of the Center for Gun Rights and Responsibility". He delivered a truth bomb to the Times readership about the irrelevance of an assault weap...
MT,
Proper handcuffing is only easy if the person is compliant, reasonably flexible, and not large. The handcuffing part of an interaction is generally where things go to shit if they hadn’t already. Getting one cuff on is the easy part. The second cuff... not so much. A determined person can keep a dog pile of cops from getting the cuffs on. Arrests involving uncooperative people are just messy all the way around.
This Gun Control Op-Ed In The Times Was Widely Ignored. Too Bad.
A week ago the NY Times gave space to Dan Gross, who "was the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence from 2012 to 2017 and is a co-founder of the Center for Gun Rights and Responsibility". He delivered a truth bomb to the Times readership about the irrelevance of an assault weap...
Hey all.
TC,
You got it. I will exclude tattoos from consideration. I’m definitely willing to risk a 5 Guys gift card or a partial Menards rebate card. :)
Jane,
I’m not really keeping close tabs since I never saw a need or cause for a trial in the first place. It seems to be circus for the rabble. The bread, $27 million worth, has already been handed out.
I’ll be back later.
We've Seen Worse
Per Gallup: Quarterly Gap in Party Affiliation Largest Since 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In Gallup polling throughout the first quarter of 2021, an average of 49% of U.S. adults identified with the Democratic Party or said they are independents who lean toward the Democratic Party. That compares wi...
I have to boo TC’s 1048. My youngest is attending SCSU.
Pffftttt......
We've Seen Worse
Per Gallup: Quarterly Gap in Party Affiliation Largest Since 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In Gallup polling throughout the first quarter of 2021, an average of 49% of U.S. adults identified with the Democratic Party or said they are independents who lean toward the Democratic Party. That compares wi...
Am I the only one here picking up on the fact that rse’s hubby is half Mayonnaise? :)
Meanwhile, Back At Smith College
The NY Times cover the clash of an elite college mindset about race and racism with the ordinary lives of working class Joes. And Janes. We've only seen the setup a million times: NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — In midsummer of 2018, Oumou Kanoute, a Black student at Smith College, recounted a distressing ...
Violet’s procedure went well. She has a long road ahead, but I’m positive she’ll do well. She’s a tough kid and has fantastic attitude.
R.I.P Rush
Rush Limbaugh has passed away, and its complicated. I am somewhere in the space sketched by Jonah Goldberg, Peggy Noonan and David French.
So Cruz should have gone to Texas and used resources that others needed? Makes perfect sense to me.
R.I.P Rush
Rush Limbaugh has passed away, and its complicated. I am somewhere in the space sketched by Jonah Goldberg, Peggy Noonan and David French.
RIP Rush
Thank you all. This is a special place, indeed. I’ll give a post-op update when I can.
Thoughts for little Stella.
R.I.P Rush
Rush Limbaugh has passed away, and its complicated. I am somewhere in the space sketched by Jonah Goldberg, Peggy Noonan and David French.
Evening all,
Here’s a Violet update. She’s had 8 months of ups and downs. It seems the infection did more damage than originally thought. She wasn’t getting new bone growth. The decision to amputate below the knee was made a couple of weeks ago. She’s having surgery tomorrow around noon. She’ll then have the difficult rehab road ahead. She’s a tough kid and is taking everything in stride. Thoughts and prayers would be appreciated. Thank you all.
I Guess You Can Mess With Texas
Power failure! Mother Nature 1,Texas 0. Long term investment in winterization prep seems to be the problem. Its one thing when an ice storm hits Atlanta and we all learn they have less salt and plows on hand then Buffalo. But Texas is going to have to dial it up after this. The last Epic Fail wa...
Buckeye,
Thanks for pointing that out to Jane. I was going to suggest that or tell her to stop her Tesla type experiments.
Back to driving around in lake effect snow. I did see a coyote out on the shelf ice on the lake this morning. Interesting...
Laters
Let's Put Cuomo In A Nursing Home
The Times uses the phrase "cover-up" in their web hed on the latest in the Cuomo cover-up. I guess they ran out of space on the front page, however, where the story was placed below the fold: "Cuomo Faces New Scrutiny Of Death Data" Whatever. Their long journey back to reality may have begun...
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